Created on: 30.11.17 | Updated on: 02.07.25
The assumption has always been that domestic violence is primarily a women’s issue. However, domestic violence also affects the LGBTIQ community and at alarming levels. A 2014 report conducted by the University of NSW entitled…
Created on: 02.11.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25
[This article contains coarse language] Teenagers do it. Workmates do it. Your spouse does it. You do it. Hell, even your grandmother has probably dropped a swear word. We Australians have a bit of a…
Created on: 26.10.17 | Updated on: 02.07.25
Substantial Impairment by Abnormality of the Mind– A Partial Defence to Murder In Regina v Malcolm Robert Potts, a 33 year old NSW man with schizophrenia stabbed his father to death with a knife in…
Created on: 20.10.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25
Mistaken Identity and Being Charged for a Crime You Didn’t Commit There are plenty of legendary stories about mistaken identities, from celebrity mix-ups to the return of long-lost relatives. Take for instance the identity mix-up…
Created on: 17.10.17 | Updated on: 02.07.25
False Confessions We see it in the movies all the time. A suspect is taken into custody and after many hours of questioning the police announce they have a confession. Are all these confessions accurate…
Created on: 02.10.17 | Updated on: 02.07.25
Methamphetamine and murder A person bludgeoned with a hammer, a teenager who slashed his victim’s throat with a knife and a mother killing her newborn baby. These are just a few of the gruesome acts…
Created on: 11.07.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25
10 Weird Bizzare But True Australian Laws That Are Still On The Books Laws are made to govern, protect, shape the peace, promote justice and provide a basis for compromise. However, once things are written…
Created on: 08.07.17 | Updated on: 05.09.25
Concealing A Serious Offence: When Not reporting a Crime Could Land you in Gaol You have witnessed a serious offence like a robbery or a sexual assault. Should you report it to police or can…
Created on: 02.06.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25
Carriage Service Offences – The Meaning of Menace, Harass, and Offend In NSW, the maximum penalty for using a carriage service to harass, menace, or cause offence is three years of imprisonment. If the issue…
Created on: 28.05.17 | Updated on: 02.07.25
Walking alone to your home on a poorly lit road in the dead of night can give anyone the jitters. The question then becomes how will you prepare and arm yourself in potentially dangerous locations?…
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